Overedge stitching-machine.



J. P. WEN.

OVEREDGE STITGHING MACHINE,

APPLICATION rum) JULY 1, 190?.

fiwma? may 19, 33M.

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J. P. WEIS.,

OVERBDGE STITGHING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 1, 1907.

Patent-ed May 19, 1914 13 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

J. P. WEIS,

GE STITGHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1, 1907.

OVERED Patented; May 19, 1914 13 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

Emma,

mm WAN J. P. WBIS.

OVEREDGE STITCHING MACHINE.

APPLIOATIOH FILED JULY 1 1907.

Patent-ed May 19, 159142 18 BEEETB-BHEBT J. P. WEIS.

OVEREDGE STITOHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY1,1907.

Patented May 19, 19%

13 SHEETS-SHEET 5.

WITNESSES J. P. WEIS.

OVERBDGE STITCHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1, 1907.

Patented May 19 13 SHEETSSHBBT 8,

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OVEREDGE STIIGHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1, 1007.

Patented May 19, 191 i 13 SHEETS-S11E37.

J. P. WEIS.

OVEREDGE STITCHING MACHINE.

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13 SHEETS$HEET 8.

J. P. WEIS.

OVEREDGE STITGHING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 1, 1907.

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OVEREDGE STITGHING MACHINE.

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OVEREDGE STITGHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1, 1907.

Patented May 19, 1914 13 SHEETS-SHEET 11.

J. P. WEIS.

OVEREDGE STITGHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1, 1907.

8 Pa-centema m, 19m.

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J. P. WEIS.

OVEREDGE STITGHING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 1, i907.

1,097,381 Patented May 19, 19M

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Specification of Letters l atent.

Patented May 19, 1914.

Application filed 31117 3, 1567. Serial l fe. 881E932.

To all whom it may; concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN P Wnis, :1 citizen of the United States, residing in Nyoclz, county of Rocklond, and State of hlew York, have invented a new and useful improvement in Overedge Stitching-ldachines, of which the following is e description.

This invention relates to sewing machines, and has particular reference to overedge stitching machines used for the purpose of producing an ornamental edging, binding or salvage on al kinds of fabric, and pen ticularly on knit goods, heavy woolen fill)- rics and felted materials.

Among the object-sot my invention may he noted the following: to provide n stitchforming mechanism by means of which {in overedge stitch may he produced with one or more needles,wherehy an ornamental edging and sch .g'e may he applied to fabrics composed oi two or more threads; to provide a stitch-forming mechanism for producing ornamental or selvege edges, where-- by fabrics of all kinds may have their edges bound by an ornamental and selvage-producing stitch; and, generally, to provide a stitchtorming mechanism, the elements of which will include one or more needles, u looper cooperating with the needles, and a spreader, the looper being nonthrentlcarrying, and thespreader being thread-corrying, and wherein the elements constituting the looper and spreader parts may he into/rchongenhlc for a single-needle machine, or :2 machine employing a plurality of needles.

llit'h the above objects in view, and others which will be detailed during the course of this description, my invention consists in the parts, features, elements and combinations of elements and mechanisms hereinafter, described, and particularly set forth in the claims.

In order that my invention may he cleanly understood, severe] s ects of drawings have been provided, and tierein- Figure 1 shows in side elevation so much of a sewing machine as is deemed necessary for the purpose of illustrating my invention, the latter including in this instance three needles as a part of the stitch-forming mechanism, and the View omitting the clt'ith-plute in order that thc parts thereunder may he clearly understood; Fig. 2 shows in detail the telie-np illustrated in Fig. 1, the view including on edge elevation and a front elevation of the tske-up lever, a side elevation of the supporting-link "for the take-up, which link is a pnrtoi the connection between the needle-her and needle-actuating lever, and also the screw which secures the tsheup lever to its supporting link; Fig. 3 is it top view of the trike-n lever, showing the guideeperture therein through which the several threads run in their passage to the needle; Fig. i is a view showing the de toils of the thread-guide and its support which is carried by the upper end of the needlehnr, the view showing a top-plnn and edgeelevetion of guide, a side-elevation of the supporting-sleeve, and e side-elevation of the screw which clamps the guide and sleeve to the upper end of the needle-bar; Fig. is s rear-elevation of the machine shown in Fig. l, with the ports in the same position as in the letter figure, and the clothplate being omitted for the purpose of clearly showing the parts thereunder; Fig. 6 is :1. top-plan view of the machine shown in Fig. i, the some being intended to illustrete the cloth-piste structure and the disposition of: the threedguides, the threadt-ensions, e d the take-up; Fig. 7 is a topplzm. view of the cloth-plate of the machine, the overhanging arm of the machine being shown in section substantially on the level with said cloth-plate, and this view showing the spreader in substantially the position of Fig.1, together with the thread curried by the spreader traced back by-dotted lines to and through the thread-clamp and controller; Fig. 8 is e side-elevation of the diverter carried by the throat-plate, the views showing a section of the throat-plate and the relation of the diverter to the tongues on the latter; Fig. 9 is i top-plan view of the parts of the stitch-forming and feeding mechanisms which are located below the clothplate of the machine, the stitch forming mechanism being of the type illustrated in Fig. 1; Fig. 10 is a detail view on. an on larged scale showing. in side elevation, the elements of the stitch-forming mechanism, together with the ioop-diverter which no operates with the spreader, this men also .view illustrating tllo showing a part of the feed merhanism, and Fig. 10, butv illustrating another form ol' omitting the cloth-plate; Fig.

construction of the loop-diverter, and also its relation to the needles and loop-spremler. the latter being shown in section. and showing in side elevation the tlu'eadguides and separators can ried by the lower end of the Imedle-bar, and the pivot screw H2; Fig. 12 is a detail view illustrating the needles, looper, spreader, loop-diverte and throat-plate in the relation shown in Fig. 10, and, showing the manner in which the needle-threads are manipulated by the spreader in one stage of the 0peration of the stitch-forming mechanism in making an overedge stitch with three needlethreads and a spr*ader-thread, the fabric which is being ovcredged. being shown in poxfion on the cloth-plate; Fig. 13 is a view similar to Fig. 10, but illustrating the parts thereof in another position; Fig. 1-1 is a dctail view showing the manner in whichthe spreader-thread overlies the edge of the work. and the manner in which the three needle-threads are encircled by the spreader thr ad; Fig. 15 is a detail illustrating the construction of the stitch and showing the manner in which the spreader-thread is overstitched by the needlc=tl1rm1ds, and the l OPS of the latter are entered and retained by the spreader-thread; Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 12, but illustrating the parts in still another position; Fig. 17 is a view similar to Fig. 10, but illustrating the parts in still another position; Fig. 17 is a perspective view of the link and crank forming part of the connection between the looper and spreader mechanismsyl ig. 18 is a view similar to Fig. 16, but illustrating the parts in the stitch-forming position of .Fig. 17; Fig. ll) is a view similar to Fig. 17, but illustrating the parts in a differentposition; Fig. 20 is a view similar to Fig. 18, but illustrating the parts in the stitch-forn'iing position of Fig. 19; Fig. 21 is a top-plan view of the loop-diverter; Fig. 22 is a rear-elevation ot' the latch, forming part of the loop-diverter mechanism; Fig. 23 is a view similar to Fig. 19, but illustrating the parts in a different position; Fig. 2-1 is a view similar to Fig. 90, but illustrating the parts in the stitch t'ornr ing position of Fig. 23; Fig. 525 is a top-plan view of a portion ol the throat-plate, and of a portion of the looper and spreader, and showing the needles in section and illustrat ing the several elements in the cooperative relation shown in Fig. 2t; Fig. 2G is a top plan view ol. the elo thplate, similar to that of Fig. 7. but illustrating the structure ol throat plate, slide plate and other parts of the cloth-plate, and the pressenfoot of the single-needle type of machine; Fig. 27 is a top-plan view similar to Fig. 9, but illustrating another type at loopcr and spreader mechanisms; Fig. 28 is a view similar to it is a detail j looper and spreader mechanisms; Fig. 2a is a rear elevation oi. the spreader-supportiug' bracket showing the spreader and spreader-- actuating mechanism in position; Fig. Lit) is a detail view illustrating a part ol the spreader-actuating mechanism; and Fig. 31 is a side elevation wt the eccentric crank-pin forming part, of the s n'ezuler-actuating mechanism;

Primarily, it should be understood thatihe stitch-forming mechanism hereinafter described is not limited in its applieaticm to th particular type olil'i'iaehinc shown in the dra wings, but may be applied to n'actieally any type of machine employing a rightline reciprocating needle and other ecmplemental parts cooperating with the needle tor forming an overedgc stitch.

The machine illustrated it: the drMYiugs is the well-known Metropolitan chain -stit -h machine, modified in certain particulars to adapt it to the stitchtt nning mechanism of my invention. In particular. it will be noted that the usual needle-actuating lever of the three-arm type is notemployed, hence the looper and spreader are not actuated trout the needle-lever as is usual in this type of machine. This is in. important fiatuie of my invention and an important structural and functional factor, in that the niardle-arm may be made lighter, a great deal of the strain is removed therefrom, the looper and spreader are actuated directly from the driving-shaft below the cloth-plate by compact mechanism, and all. of the loopeand spreader actuating parts are located below the cl0th-plate, which latter 'may he ot box type to avoid the accumulation of lint, dust and other particles upon the \T'Ttl' ing and operating parts of the machine. I urthermore, it should be noted that the driving and actuating parts of the loopvt' and spreader mechanisms are interchange able for the single and plural needle types of machines, and that, though I have illus trated one form of mechanism for drix ing the looper and spreader in a number at ligures, with particular reference to the plural needle type of machine, and another torn) of mechanism for driving the s n'eader and loopcr with particular reference to the single needle type of machine, my invention is not limited, in certain broad particulars, to the details oi? the looper and spreader actuating mechanisms shown in the drawings; but, it is within the scope of my invention to make the driving or actuating mechanisms for the looper and spreader shown in the sever; figures of the drawings interehangw able, irrespective of whether the machine is: of the single or plural needle type. lhere fore, in the claims, certain features and combinations of elements involved in the looper and spreader mechanisms will be claimed "guide 46 carried by bend at 45, in order to carry the same clear of the upper bearing 4 of the machine-frame and a guiding-finger cooperating therewith, and at its upper end said lever is bent at a rightang'le to provide the enlarged threadguiding portion 46, which is larger at one end than at the other, so as to have a greater takcup action on the thread near the needlebar, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. When in place in the machine, this threadguiding portion 46 extends toward the needle-bar and cooperates with a threadguitie clamped on the upper end of the needle-bar, as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 4, 5 and 6. Referring particularly to Fig. 4, it will be seen that the thread-guide is composed of the upper guiding-finger 47, having the attaching shank 48 at a right-angle thereto and provided with the several guideeyes 4-9, through which the several threads, passing'to the needle, are primarily led, after passing upwardly through the guiding-portion 1-6 on the upper endof the takcup lever. A lower guiding-finger 50 is pro vided with a shank. and the several guideeycs 52 corresponding to those 49 in the upper -finger 47. These two fingers carried by the upper end of the needle-bar are separated from each other by the spacing-sleeve 53, through which passes the clamping-screw 54 tapped at its lower end into the upperend of the needle-bar, the head of said screw 553 securely clamping the shank 48 of the upper finger against the top of the said sleeve 53, and the bottom of the latter securely clamping the shank 51 of the lower linger against the upper end of the needle-bar. The lower, finger is, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, horizontally disposed and the guiding portion 46 of the take-up lever operates between this lower finger and the upper finger 47. The several threads a, b and 0 come from the usual large cops suitabl held in some manner near the machine, and primarily pass through the guiding-pins 56 arranged one above the other on the supporting-plate 57, pivotally carried at the top of the vertical portion 2 of the frame, near the rear of thelatter. The said threads, after passing through the guides 56, pass respectively throughthc sevgral tensions 58,

and are then led to the selective the shank of which is to tie arm 3 of the guide '59, adjustably secured (31, and huapcd into said frame 3. The sevcral threads next pass through the selective guide 62, which is rigidly clamped at 63 to the needle-lever 30. From this guide 62 the several threads pass upwardly through the to' which the other end of said frame by means of the screw 60, passing through the elongated slot the upper end of the,

spectively around and between the several guiding-pins 64, carried b the lower end of the needle'bar, the threads then )assing to the several needles 34. The gui e-pins 64 are, in this instance of my invention, needleclamping screws which pass through the needle-holder at the lower end of the needlebar and engage in usual manner the upper ends of the respective needles. By thus leading the several threads, they are kept separated all the way to the needles and are led in a straight path directly along the body of the needles to the eyes thereof, thus preventing the said threads from becoming entangled. As will be clearly seen in Fig. 1,

the upper end of the take up operates be tween the upper and lower guiding-fingers carried by the needle-bar, and operates upon the thread in such manner as to have a large take-up action in a small stroke of the takeup lever, as will be presently described.

The bed-plate 1 of the machine, at its rear side, carries a bracket 65 rigidly secured thereto by inc-ans of screws 6 tapped into the bed-plate. This bracket, see Figs. 5 and 9, is provided with the upwardly-cxtending arms 67, providing at their upper ends bear- I lugs for the rock-shaft 68, to which is secured, between the said arms 67, the bellcrank lever 9, a screw 70 tapped into said lever and binding against said shaft, holding said shaft in place. The depending arm 71 of said bell-crank lever carries at its lower end the ball-screw 72, which is securely clamped therein by the nut 73, the ball of said screw being received in the outer end 74 of the strap 75 which surrounds the eccentric 76 carried by the driving-shaft 27 of the machine. In this manner, the bellcrank lever 69 is given its rocking move ment, and its horizontal arm 77, which extends upwardly over the bracket 65, is given vertical rocking movements. The forward end of the arm 77 of the bell-crank lever is connected by means of any suitable universal joint,- generally indicated by with the outer end of the arm 79 of the rock-shaft 80, arm is fixed, said rock-shaft being journaled in the bearing-extension 81 of the bracket. 65. at one end, and at its other end in the of the bracket 83, adjustably clamped to the bed-plate 1 by means of the bolt Set, the ad justment of this bracket-83 being trausverscly of the bed-plate 1, by means of an enlarged hole or elongated slot 85 in said Bracket, through which passes the bolt .84, and the said bracket being guided in its bearings 82 movements by means of the rib 86 depending therefrom, and which travels in the groove 87 of-lhe bed-plate. see Figs. 9 and ii).

The rock-shaft carries at its front end, between the two bearings 82, the lOOPOF carrier 88, sirfid carrier being fixed to mid rock-shaft. 8690 as to more thercwiih. A; its upper end the carrier 88 has secured thereto, in any suitable manner, the looper 8.9, the hook 90 or which projects vertically from the body of the looper and toward the rear of the machine. The lower-body.- on its face and at, its rear imci top edges. is provided with. 'the beveled needle-deflecting portion 91. the some being provided for the purpose of preventing the needle striking the looper-body. thus saving both the loopcr and the needle from injury. The upper end of the carrier 88 has pivoieii thereto at he one end of a flexible pitinzin 93. tlm"otl1er end of said pitinun being: iiirotull connected at 94 to the forward end of the crank- :lllll 95 carried by one arm 96 of the bifurcated link 3?. the other arm 98 of which is parallel with the arm 96. The lower enrl 99 of the link J? is split and clamped upon the sluilhor pin 100. jourmilccl in the bearing '101, carried by the bracket 102 at. one enfl.

The epreader-carrier 97* is embraced by ihe arms 9G9S of link 97 and-ii pin Joe passes through said carrier and secured therein l\ the screw 9%. The two airnis Li -98 of the link J7 zirejournuleil upon. h pin on opposite sides of rile carrier 97*, as will be readily understood upon reference to l7 and 1?. The hearing! i is urruugml"perpendicularly oblique to the heelplutc of the machine. the resull of which is that the several elements supported lojv it. log'cllicr will] the spreader-corrier T". urc gin-n an inclined o itiou rcluiivcly to the lwil-plutc. rewiring in tilting laterally the .--preuilcr log. which lb rlzunpml l menus oi its shank 1 4 in the split forwuril-ci'nl 10 of the s}mmiler-currier. the screw 1% pnsw RI -through the said split ciul of the c: rier. operating to fll'llill' clump the shank. ml of llu spreader in the spreader r er. The hotly oi the spreader 103 is urrung; on ohluQ-uugle to its fillzllli-i Elli, anal :ii

righi-ungz'lc to its executive cricl LOT. sziizl executive and being provided with tllellsllkll slot 108 uml {he thread-eyes; iileech end of hillll slot. for the passage of the spreaciertlll'iilll. The forwardend ill) of: the surezuler is bent both laterally Mid vertically relatively to the executive end of the sureiuler. thus enabling it to cooperate with the looper properl} and engage and lift the several needle-thread loops. as will he clearly set, forth in the deecription of the mode of l oficrutiou of the llltiClllIlQ. The rear end of i lhc SDI'MUll-Y-(ill'llQI is pivolully counrclcil zit ill to 'ihc lower curl oi the link 112. the

upper and of which link is pivotecl at ill-3 to the pin 11%, fixed by means of a screw 115, see Fig. 9, in the upper and or the rerizicai portion 116 of the bracket 102, the said pin. 11% passing through the said vertical poriion 116 in a plane vertically oblique to the lKul-Plfio? l of the machine, so as to he suhs'iantially prirziliel, with the journal-pin 100 in the hearing lOl of said bracket 102.. From thienconstruction, it will be seen that he spreader. primarily, derives iis more incur from ihc irziin of mechanism running back to the (hiring-shaft 27 and including the rockehafi 80., ihe arin Z9 carried there or, the universal 'ioint connection 78, with the horizoniail urin ii. of the hclhcrank iei'er (if), ihe reriical arm 71 0f which hellcs'sinl: lever isunircrsally joined to the rear end of the eccentric-strap "[5, which at its forward end embraces the eccenv'tric '36 on the driw ing-shait 27. it wili also be seen that, seconrlurily, the spreader clerives its movements from its pivotal support upon the inclii'red bearing 101. and its link-connection at its rear end with the inclined, fixmi pin 11%, supper zed by the vertical nortioii 116 of the cracker 102. The spreader movement, in consequence. is compound in character, the

result of which is that it cooperates with the looper below ihe cloih-plate behind the needles, takes the needle-loops from lire q looper and iiftsseici loops above the clohplate, and then passes into said loops and over the clotlrplate to a position in ironiof the needles. The functional operation of the spreader and. its cooperation with the needles, the looper and other elements of the machine will be presently described in setting forth the mode of operation of the now chine.

The hurl; of the rert'icai portion 103 of t re spreader is provided with a illIPRli-gllidQ 11?. shown us a wire loop. through which the illlliltl runs to the eye 109 of the spreader from the pull-off and thread-nipping ilerice. illus uierl particularly in Figs 9. The thread-nipping device consists of the stanilnril 11 fixed to the bed-plate 1 at he rear '"iile near its rearencl, or just below the reric il post of the frame. This standard has journaleii in it the shaft 119, on the outer end or which is fixed the pnll-ofi arm 220, the upper end of which plays between two thread-guiding arms 121 and 122. the some being joined at their front curls. thus forming a U-shaped guide. At their front ends, each arm is provided with an aperture through which the illl03,\l is led; and the arm 12 "being supported by the supporting lorackei 123. secured by screws 12-l to the standard Projecting Vertically from the bracket 122-, is one jaw 125, of the thread nipper, the other jaw. 1-2 of which is carried by 11 plate 132?. securml by means of Screws; 125% to 5 and (i ll its front end, the other arm 130 of said bellcrank lever being extended horizontally toward the driving-shaft and bifurcated at its outer end so as to embrace the ram 131 carried by the driving-shaft 27, which also 'arries an eccentric, the collar of which shown at 132, and which eccentric is sur rounded by the strap 1 3, the other end of which is connected to the crank-arm 131i, carried by the extreme forward end of the shaft 119, said latter shaft thus being rocked by the said eccentric and strap. Through the cam. 131, the bell-crank lever is independently rocked, so as to have its operation in timed relation. to the shaft, and cause the nipper-ja-w 126 to grip the thread in proper timing with the movement of the pull-oil arm 120, so that the latter may pull thread from the supply for the spreader.

In making the stitch illustrated in Figs. 1% and by the three needles, the coper and the spreader, the needles are necessarily placed side-by-side transversely to the direction of feed. and the spreader is necessarily given quite an extensive forward movement in order that its thread may be caused to properly cooperate with the outermost needle oi the three. This extensive forward movement oi the spreader would, or might, result in carrving the loops of the needlethread, lifted by it. from the looper, over into the path of the innermost ot the three needles, and to avoid the possibility of this action a lorwpusher is employed which engages the loops oi. neck'llc-thread and pushes the saintback on the body of the spreader and out of the way oi the descending needler. In this instance of my invention the looppusher is shown to consist, see Figs. 10. l1, ti it and 22, ot' the resilient latcl': or eatclr bar lfiifi, secured by its'shank I36. to the lower end of the lower bearing-portion 4 of the overt anfiinn urm 3 oi the machine, by means or the screws iZ-lT passing through the elongated slots His in said shank and tapped into the said bearing 4-. This enables the latch to be adjusted horiI-tontally in the proper position for the purpose. Ilhelowcr cud oi the latrh on is rurved horizontally into position behind the needle'hai', shown at 139. and the outer end of said latrh provided in its back with a. notch 'l-ltl. tor the reception of the shank ill of the pusher. which shank is pivoted to the lower boaring-portion l of the Frame by illicaii. ot' the scr w l 1'3, which is tapped into the said t'rame by its scrmwtln'eaded end iii"), and which is pr vided with an enlarged smooth portion 1 it, just ba k of its head. for the .rcce 'itimi of the shank ill. thus ena ling said shank to swung i'rwvly on the screw when not livid by the resilient latch. The lower end ot the shank i eulai'e'otl as at. 'l-lfi. and bearing against ilils enlarged portion is the enlarged angular portion 146 1 of the pusher, which portion is slotted. as at 147, for the reception of the screws HS, which are tapped into the enlarged portion 14-5 of the shank. The handle of the pusher is indicated at 149 and its executive end is curved forwardly as at 150, into close relation with the spreader when the latter is above the cloth-plate and is moving toward the front of the needles. Viewing the se eral figures, it will be readily understood that. the construction and location of the pusher brings its executive end into such relation to the spreader that it will properly engage needle-loops lifted above the cloth-plate and prevent them from being carried by the spreader forward into engagement with the needles: and, as the spreader moves foraid, the pusher will push said loops back along the body-portion of the executive end 107 of the spreader, toward its vertic: l pon tion 103. This will be more particularly described with reference to the mode of operation of the stitclrfomiing mechanism in producing the ovcredge stitch. When it is desired to throw the pusher out of open ative position, it can be easily accomplished by manipulating the handle 149 of the pusher, so as to swing the latter upon its pivot HQ. the springdatch 135 being first released to disengage the shank 'l-l-l of the pusher from the notch of the latch sce dotted-line positions in Figs. '1 and it. 'hen the pusher has been thus retracted, the resiliency of the latch will create pres-- sure upon the shank of the pusher and thus hold the same in its raised inoperative position, as will be I:1(lll understood, sec dotted-lino rcprestuitation. Fig. l.

in the automatic t'ormation of the lin of overcdge stitching. a finding mechanism is necessary. and this mechanism is illustrated in the several figures. and with particular irierence to Figs. 5. ti and 10. it will be seen that the driving-shatt QT is provided at its extreme Forward end with an eccentric 152, si'irroundcd by the strap i5 3. connected at its outer end li t. to the outer end of the shaft i 5. jom'ualcd in the upper end of the i-ockiug-i'ramc 15th which is journalod at its lower end in bearings 137 of the bed-platet by means oi the rock-shatt- (lid. to which the rockiiin-irame is thud. The haft 155 car-- ries the feed-bar lid). the forward end of whirll carries the 'i ccdidog Hid. which is shown as provided with the long. errated surface it'll. and the short. forward rriat'wl surface Hi2. and the shtrier, rear s rrated surface 163. This fetal-din c'oiip ratis with the presser-f mt ill-t. suitably supported y its shank 1G5, arried by the pi'e.--;- ar ltlt'. which slides vcrtirallv in the hearings l in the overhangingframe oi the ma -him: he said bar 'itlti is nrovidrd with a late tending pin I67, with which coo prcsse1- foot-lifting lever l i i, pivo to the frame of the machine, this being a usual honstruction. A collar 170 is clamped to the-.presser-bar 100, and on said collar the not: end of a flat spring 171 bears said spring at its rear end finding asupport upon the journal-pin 172 for the tension-bracket 57. In order to create tension to keep the resser-toot mu'malli dcoressed in 0055 )erative relation with the teeddog, the lower end of ascrew 173 hears upon the upper side of the spring 171 passingtln'ough the-lug 17s of the arm 3, and the adjustment of the screw being held by the nut 175. The mechanism described produces the feeding motion of the bar and causes the work to be clamped between the presserfoot and the feeddlog. The teed-bar is lifted by means of an eccent'dccarried by the shaft 27, the cello r cf rll h is sluzwn at 170, said eccentric llfilllg'l surrounded by the strap 177. and the upper end of which is secured in any suitable manner to the under-side of the feed bar adjacent the teed-dog, as shown at 178, in Fig. 10.

Thus far, I have described the three-needle overedgc-stitching mechanism, the actuating mechanisn'i of which I have found to be adapted for high speeds and accurate work,

to the other figures of the drawings. In my claims, I purpose covering these mechanisms in such broad terms that the spreader mechanism may be employed to drive the spreader, without reference to the derivation of the power for driving the actuating mechanism. In the followingdescription, the alternative form of actuating mechanism will be described.

In Figs. 26 to 28, the feeding mechanism, including the presser-foot mechanism, the thread-nipper and pull-oft mechanism. and machine'frame and the cloth-plate all have applied to them the same reference numerals, respectively. that are applied to like elements in the other figures of the drawings; but. the other elements presently to be de scribed have diiierentreference numerals applied thereto. In the said Figs. 26 to 31. wherein a single needle. and spreader and looper mechanisms are portrayed, the inoper- Carrier 180 is shown as journalml upon a short shaft 181 between the bearings 1R2 forming part of the bracket 183 secured by bolt, 184 to the bed-plate l and capable of adjustment transversely of said bed-plate in the same manner and hv the same means doof the three-needle stitching mechanisms. The looper 185 is secured to the upper end of the carrier, and is of substantially the same construction as that shown in the other figures or the drawings, and the lQopcr-can rie'r 180 is connected to the spreader mechanism by means of the flexible pitman 186, one end of which is pirotally connected at 187 to said carrier, and the other end of which is pivotally connected at 188 to the crank-arm 189, carried by the pin or short shaft 190 fixed to the spreader-carrier 191 by means of the screw 192 tapped through said carrier and engaging said short-shaft 190. The outer end of the short-shaft has pirotally connected thereto the linlr 193, journaled at its lower end by means of its shaft 3% in the bearing 195 forming an extension cf the standard 190, which is secured to the bed-plate 1 by means of the screws 197 passing through the base of thestandard and tapped into the bcdplate.

It will be noted that the journal-bearing 195 is arranged at an inclination to the bedplate, or stands vertically oblique to said bed-plate so as to tilt the link 193 and the spreader-carrier 191 laterally relatively to the bed-plabe. The forward end of the spreader-carrier is formed into hfclamp in which the shank 198 of the spreader is secured. The spreadercarrie'r and spreader in this construction are substantially the same as that shown in the construction pre viously described. The rear end of the spreaderarrier. see Fig. 29, is pivotally connected at 200 to the arm 201 of the bellcrank lever 202 secured to a journal-pin or shaft 20%, having a bearing in the upper portion 204 of the standard 106, said bearinr. being arranged substantially parallel with the journahbcaring 195 so as to dispose the journal-pin 203 vertically oblique to the plane of the bed-plate and parallel with shaft 194:. The other arm 205 of the hell -crank is made in the form of a clamp provided with a socket in which is held the shank 200 of the eccentric ball-pin 207 shown in detail in Fig. 31,

said shank 206 of said pin being securely clamped in place in arm 205 by means of the screw 208. which passes through the outer end of said arm 205. The eccentric ball-pin is received in the socketed end 209 of the eccentricstrap 210 which, at its other end. surrounds an eccentric on the drivingshaft 27. the collar of which eccentric is indicated by 2-11. The ball-pin 207 and the socket 209 of the eccentric-strap constitute a universal joint connection between the bell-crank lever 202 and the eccentric on the driving-shaft. and in order to steady the action of said ioinl. and prevent the same from rattling under high spur-d. the Frame of the socket 209 is provided on opposite sides with scribed with reference to the loopcr-support flexible or spring plates 212 which bear 

